A UNION leader said today that Rishi Sunak's plans to cap student intake on so-called poor quality courses at English universities undermines the “most fundamental values of education.”

The Prime Minister had said “we’re clamping down” on people being taken “advantage of with low-quality courses that don’t lead to a job that it makes it worth it, leaves them financially worse off.”

But Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), dismissed his comments as attempts to turn universities into “production lines for the job market.”